Spring vacation comes March 22 VOLUME XXXVIII S.C.A. Presents Religious Emphasis Week Fine Arts Club To Present Weil's 'Down in the Valley' The Fine Arts Club held its monthly meting Monday evening February 4th in Miss Dorothy Ware's studio. Bill Utley, presi dent, presided. The program in troduced by Florene Brice, co chairman of the committee, in cluded Buddy Wade who played Brahm's "Cappricio"; Betsy Bing ham who sang "Vergin Tutta Amor" by Durante; Mary Jane Hines who played "Prelude" Op. 28, No. 17 by Chopin: Beamon Griffin who sang "Have You Seen But A White Lilly Grow?" b y Jorron and Nancy Herring who played an "Araberque" by Schu msn. Jeane Walton was appointed to head a committee to draw up a constitution for the club. Others on the committee are Florence Brice, Mary Jane Hines and Betsy Farlow. It was decided that the Fine Arts Club should sponsor National Music Week which comes early in May. May sixteenth will bring a new type of attraction to the Guilford College Campus. The Fine Arts Club will present an American opera based on folk music of this country. "Down in the Valley" was written by Kurt Weil and promises to be a great success. The cast includes Betsy Bing ham as Jennie, Bill Utley as Brack, Bob Wall as the Leader, Tommy Owen as the Preacher, Colin Edwards as Tom Bouche, Hugh Downing as Jennie's fa ther, Andy Hughes as Peters, and Ted McEachern as the Guard. Leigh Wood is business man ager for the production and it is to be directed by Mr. Carl Baum bach and Miss Dorthy Anne Ware. Mary Jane Hines is ac companying the group. This will be the Fine Arts Clubs' first contribution to Guil ford College life and we are ex pecting a fine performance. The Kat's Korner After numerous request your author has been asked to write a different column, not only tell ing a few humerous jokes, but a few facts about the students such as who was with who, when, and what happened where. Before we get down to the facts on figures, I heard what was possi bly the last Hadacol joke. It seems that at last the Hadacol folks lost a patient. She was ninety-eight years old when she died, but her baby lived. This next story is supposed to be true. Jackie Wall was talking to Jake McKeown over in Found ers Hall the other day and Jake was telling her how when he was thumbing back to North Carolina a man picked him up and "You know," he said, "that man was so drunk he was blind." Jackie In quisitively asked, "Jake, weren't you scared riding with a blind man?" Yak, Yak. I bet that story went over like a lead baloon. Mary Crabtree informed us that she was very discouraged be cause she had lost all of her boy friends and that all she had to do for recreation was to sit in Mary Hobbs Parlor every night and twirl her car keys. Now boys, here is our chance because Mary Crab tree is just as cute as she can be, and the thing about it she hasn't got a four wheel personality, only a verv good personality. Jackie Goodwin states that she was pinned for the weekend to a Sigma Nu from Carolina, but as The Qui(forScm Junior-Senior Banquet Slated To Be Held in College Gym French Play By Dramatics Council Guilford College students were favored with seeing a revival of one of the greatest French come dies — Les Precieuses Ridicules (The Affected Misses) by Moliere —early in January when Horace McManus directed the production in connection with an English 21 project. Judging by the spontan eous laughter and applause which greeted the performance, a twent ieth-century audience was en chanted by this seventeenth century comedy of society life by the great French "contemplateur." Translated into English, the play is centered around Madelon and Cathos, two affected misses who ridiculously aspire to be ladies of culture. Brought up by their plain and middle-class Uncle Gorgibus. the girls refuse the suitors that that worthy gentleman has chosen for them—Du Croisy and La Grange—because they thihk them far below them in the social graces. The two rejected suitors, wishing to teach the silly girls a lesson, cinspire to send their valets Mascarille and Jodelet to pay court to the girls in the guise of "beaux galants." The girls are Honor Roll Forty-two students, almost 9 percent of the student body, achieved Honor Roll standing dur ing the past semester. The 12 sen iors, 14 juniors, 9 sophomores, and 7 freshmen include 11 students who have 3.00 averages and 3 with 2.93 or higher. The students who made 3.00 are Sam Baker. Julian Culton, Fred Katz, Bruce Morton, Enrico Gilioli, James Montgomery, Mae Nicholson, Dick Staley, Bet sy White, Virginia Dulany, and Joyce Pete. The other Honor Roll students are Seniors: Dot Cheek, Dot Demos, Polly Edgerton, Joyce Fulk, Sally Haire, Lucy Leake, June Smith, Bob Spencer; Juniors: Zoe Campbell, Bob Dough, Glenna Fulk, Elsa Neitzke, Karl Rein hardt, Mort Salkind, Sam Shugart, Ann Yarrow, "Yo Yo" Yates; Soph omores: Barbara Anson. Jim Armstrong, "Beni" Benedict, Becky Dunn, Chris Gidynski, Gary Hildebrand, Joe Matthews. Kaye Williams; and Freshmen: Marie Brewer, "Marty" Burton, Janice Corneilson, Betty Jones. Phyllis Redman, and Trilby Tuc ker. far as now, we'll, that's a sweater of a different color. That Golden Throated Trush Betty Thorbin and that Golden Haired Boy Larry Welch have not been geting along too well, so that leaves seventy-four million boys for Betty to choose from in the United States, and seventy eight million girls for Larry to choose from, so both are bound to make out all right in the future. Mary Colie has a secret romance. The only information she will give out that she calls him Mr. X, and that he is a man. Marty Burton recently went to a big hop down at Carolina with Vernon Zimmerman. It looks like all of our girls are stepping out and going to foreign places with foreign boys as if there wasn't enough recreation and social life at Guilford College. Jennie Smith looked as if she was walkin on air when a certain young Friend was up here, and it (Continued on Page Four) GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 7, 1952 delighted with these "distinguish ed noblemen;" but when the game has gone far enough, the masters enter and lay bare the trick, strip ping the astonished valets of their borrowed finery. In the Guilford College per formance Frances Petty and Ann Newton delivered a sprightly in terpretation of Madelon and Ca thos respectively. Hugh Downing was convincing as the parsimon ious Corgibus. The roles of Du Croisy and La Grange were force fully impersonated by ay Chalk ley and Bob Achor. Ray Horace McManus brought down the house with his hilarious characterization of Mascarille and was ably assist ed in his deception by Richard Staley in the role of Jodelet. A strong supporting cast consisted of Hassell Brown, Jim Pratt, Ed Finch, Bill Hardee, and Watson Motley. Sympathy The Guilfordian staff wish es to express its deepest sympathy to the family of Mr. Warren McCulloch. "Mr. Mac," who has been our printer for many years, passed away January 31. Young Friends Make Plans for Annual Conference The Young • Friends Organiza tion held their regular supper meeting last Thursday night in the hut, with the Presiding Clerk, Jennie Smith, ih ctiarge of the business session. Plans for the annual Mid-Year Conference of Young Friends were brought be fore the group. Different Com mittee chairmen were appointed. Jean Walton, Banquet Ch., Burt Lindsy and Elton Warrick, Hos pitality ch., and Bill Hatly, Pub licity Ch. These committees are to work jointly with the executive committee. During the recreation period all those present joined in a hearty laughter as different members of the group gave im personations of faculty members. Especially entertaining was the impersonation of Dr. Vicky by Jimmy Lomax. To climax the eve ning's activities Harold Jernigan, a ministerial student, gave a short devotional talk with the general theme "The Role of a Quaker in a Quaker College." Dance Held The Social Committee's Dance (for George Washington's birth day) was held on Saturday eve ning, February 23. Buddy Klein and his orchestra supplied the music, and Betty Thorburn was a featured vocalist. The dance was fine except for a big stink. Some people stoop pretty low. Dramatic Council News For its spring play, the Dramatic Council has chosen The Torch- Bearers, a satire on the American little theater. Miss Mildred Mar lette, Dean of Women, will direct the production. Bill Utley will be technical director, Joyce Taylor, stage manager. Miss Marlette will be assisted by Horace McManus. Sfaley Announces Final Plans Climaxing four weeks of intens ive investigation, the Junior Class met last Wednesday and voted to hold the Junior-Senior Banquet in the college gymnasium Saturday, April 19. Although this plan is a somewhat radical departure from established precedent, a number of factors favored the decision reached by the class. In view of financial considerations and the difficulty of finding a suitable place in town, a planning commit tee composed of Richard Staley, Marilyn Linhart, Betsy Bingham, "Yo Yo" Yates, and Bob Ralls, after serious and prolonged study, recommended the plan to the Juniors. In the course of the meeting a theme was selected and commit tees appointed. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a dance. A decoration committee headed by Joyce Tay lor and Sam Shugart promises to create an atmosphere calculated to please the most discerning. Richard Staley, as chairman o the food committee, is planning a menu to scintillate the appetites of connoisseurs. Jo Cameron is in charge of the program, at which Dr. Gordon W. Lovejoy will be the principal speaker. Designing of program covers is under the di rection of Mae Nicholson. Nut cups are being constructed under the supervision of Charlotte Manzella. The invitation committee is head ed by Betsy White. Bill Smedley, with two years' experience as a florist, will provide table decora tions. The dance Is being planned by Marty Hoopes, and Leon Jonas will clcan-up. Charlie Hendricks has graciously consented to serve as maitre d'hotel. Invitations will be sent out within the next two weeks to both Juniors and Seniors. All those in vited are urged to attend. Indeed, the class is planning the banquet on campus to facilitate a better representation of students. The prime purpose of the banquet is conceived as providing one of the few opportunities for the Juniors and Seniors to get together. Be cause of the amount of detail involved, all responses to invita tions must be on hand by March 22. Later responses cannot be accepted. With the aim of supplementing the budget alloted by the Student Affairs Board for the banquet, the class laid plans for a student-fac ulty basketball game to be held Friday night, March 14. Howard Coble heads the planning commit tee for the game. , At the same meeting officers for the next year were nominated. An overwhelming majority favored "Yo Yo" Yates to remain as presi dent. Nominees for the position of vice-president are Bill Smed ley, Sam Shugart, and Jim Mor phis. Richard Staley was nomi nated to be secretary; and Leon Jonas, Glenna Fulk, and Betty Venable were selected to be placed on the ballot for treasurer. Sfaley Ineligible What is the world coming to? Anyone glancing over the new list of ineligible students will find that Richard Lee Staley, junior of Liberty, North Carolina, has been included. It seems that Sta ley, who has a 3.00 average for his two and a half years at Guilford, forgot to get his matriculation card signed. How stupid can regulations get? Don't forget your Income Tax NUMBER 5 The Student Christian Associa tion sponsored "Religious Empha sis Week" will be concluded today. The program has lasted since Wednesday when Charles Jones, the main speaker, addressed the student body in Chapel on "Per sonal Ethics." The General theme is Students Ethics. This has been divided into three parts: "Personal Ethics," "Campus Ethics," and "National Ethics." The main leader for the program has been Charles Jones. He spoke to the Wednesday Chapel, was on a panel discussion in the hut on Thursday night, and spoke again this morning in Chapel. He will lead the final session of the "Week" which will be held tonight in the hut on "The Influence of Religion on Ethics." Jones is an outstanding minister at Chapel Hill. Other leaders are Claude Shotts, Executive Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at the University of North Carolina, Dale Gramley, President of Salem College, Winston-Salem, and James Ray of the Baptist Stu dent Union. Claude Shotts lead a combina tion "Coffee Hour"—Discussion Hour in the Hut, Wednesday after noon on "Personal Ethics." The entire faculty was personally in vited to this meeting, and were given a chance to meet the main leaders. On Thursday evening in the hut, Dale Gramley lead a panel con sisting of Miss Marlette, Charles Jones, and James Ray on "Cam pus Ethics" with a comparison of different schools. This morning Rev. Jones spoke to the student body on "National Ethics," and this evening he will again talk in the final season of the "Week." Several weeks ago, the S. C. A. conducted a poll on the subject, Student Ethics, in an attempt to select programs for Religious Em phasis Week. The results of the poll proved very helpful in doing this. "The Religious Emphasis Week" Committee consists of the follow ing people: Advertizing—Jim Cox, Hospitality—Chris Gidynski, Barb ara Anson, Wednesday afternoon session—John Church, Andy Bris tow, Chapels—Josh Crane, Aaron Tyson, Sally Haire, Panel dis cussion—Ann Yarrow, Final sess ion—Barbara Sheperd, Lewis Min ter, Dot Demos. Many other people helped in the preparation and carrying out of the week. Josh Crane was general chairman for the main committee. Spring Elections Mr. William L. Topping recent ly announced that the spring elec tions will be held on March 19th. All organizations have already turned in their nominations for next year's officers, and they will be posted within a few days. In order to have a name added to the proposed nominations, a pe tition signed by at least five per sons must be presented on or be fore March 15. Mr. Topping said that he ex pects several of the elections to be quite close this year, and urges everyone to be sure to vote for his choice of candidates. Southern Area YMCA Elects Josh Crane Josh Crane was elected Presi dent of the Southern Area Student Y. M. C. A. at a recent meeting as delegates from the Student Christian Association which is a combination of the Y. M. and the Y. M. C. A. The Southern Area includes ten states from which colleges and universities send delegates each year to the Y. M. business council meeting in Atlanta. Guilford is one of the smallest schools ever to have furnished a President. Josh will attend six or more conferences during the next year by virtue of the new office. Two of these will be national conventions scheduled to be held somewhere in the Mid-west.

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